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Domestic News
September 6, 1798
Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Official reports from Boston in late August 1798 detail the ongoing fever outbreak: on August 29, 19 sick (10 recovering), 3 deaths since prior report; on August 31, 32 sick (including recovering), 2 deaths since August 27; issued by Town-Clerk Wm. Cooper on Selectmen's order.
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BOSTON; September 1.
The whole number now sick, including those on the recovery, is thirty-two—and two persons only have died thereof since the last return, on the 27th inst.
By order of the Selectmen:
WM. COOPER, Town-Clerk.
August 29, 1798.
From accurate returns from the physicians, it appears there are only nineteen persons sick of the fever; ten of whom are on the recovery—three only have died since the last report on the 29th inst.
By order of the Selectmen,
WM. COOPER, Town-Clerk.
August 31.
The whole number now sick, including those on the recovery, is thirty-two—and two persons only have died thereof since the last return, on the 27th inst.
By order of the Selectmen:
WM. COOPER, Town-Clerk.
August 29, 1798.
From accurate returns from the physicians, it appears there are only nineteen persons sick of the fever; ten of whom are on the recovery—three only have died since the last report on the 29th inst.
By order of the Selectmen,
WM. COOPER, Town-Clerk.
August 31.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disease Or Epidemic
What keywords are associated?
Boston Fever
Epidemic Update
Sick Numbers
Deaths Report
What entities or persons were involved?
Wm. Cooper
Selectmen
Where did it happen?
Boston
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Boston
Event Date
August 29 To September 1, 1798
Key Persons
Wm. Cooper
Selectmen
Outcome
august 29: 19 sick (10 recovering), 3 deaths since prior report; august 31: 32 sick (including recovering), 2 deaths since august 27.
Event Details
Official updates on fever cases in Boston from physicians' returns, reporting numbers sick and deaths since last reports.